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Details for: GMAL 2131,
Malus ioensis
(Alph. Wood) Britton, Elk River
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Malus ioensis
(Alph. Wood) Britton
Top Name:
Elk River
Origin:
Collected – South Dakota, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
30 Mar 1987
Form Received:
Scion
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Malus ioensis
(Alph. Wood) Britton
Top Name:
Elk River
Origin:
Collected – South Dakota, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
30 Mar 1987
Form Received:
Scion
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
United States
Locality:
From Elk River about 40 mi. N. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, on the Mississippi River.
Collector(s):
Keays, A.W.
Developed
South Dakota, United States
Developer(s):
Hansen, Niels Ebbesen, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
Donated
30 March 1987.
South Dakota, United States
Donor(s):
Peterson, Ronald, South Dakota State University
Accession Names and Identifiers
Elk River
Type: Unverified name
Narrative
Comments: A dwarf ornamental lawn tree, larger than Nevis Wild Crab. Height: 8-10 ft., begins to bloom very early; beautiful pink flowers decidedly ornamental; subject to drought, dropping leaves prematurely; winter hardy. Flower: 5-6 in cluster; occasionally 4,5 petals. Additional LIT.CIT.: 1991. Edible Apples in Prairie Canada, Pub. 21, p. 26.
Malus ioensis
(Alph. Wood) Britton
Genus:
Malus
Section:
Chloromeles
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:
23246
Place of publication:
Ill. fl. n. U.S. 2:235. 1897
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
06/24/2011
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pyrus coronaria
L. var.
ioensis
Alph. Wood
Autonym(s)
Malus ioensis
(Alph. Wood) Britton var.
ioensis
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pyrus ioensis
(Alph. Wood) J. H. Carruth
Pyrus ioensis
(Alph. Wood) J. H. Carruth var.
ioensis
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Malus ioensis
(Alph. Wood) Britton var.
texana
Rehder
Pyrus ioensis
(Alph. Wood) J. H. Carruth var.
texana
(Rehder) L. H. Bailey
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Iowa crab apple
1
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
English
prairie crab apple
1
Little, E. L., Jr.
1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
English
western crab apple
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
German
Prärie-Apfel
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
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Description:
Seedling of ioensis Intro: 1930
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